Proposed Rule Change
Approved by Regents in December and expected approval of Legislature and Governor in May 2014.
• Full-time awards for enrollment in at least 12 hours allowed in summer for both Academic Scholars and Regional Baccalaureate Scholars.
• If used at full-time, counts as one semester of the eight available semesters of the program.
• If used at full-time, must successfully complete 36 credit hours in the full academic year for continued eligibility.

Save the Date: July 22, 2014
Morning Session will be “Nuts and Bolts-OTAG,
Oklahoma’s Promise, and the Scholarship Programs”
Afternoon Session will be “Tuition Waivers and a General
Update”

• Kelley Norris joined our staff last fall and will be transitioning to Claims Processing this summer and into next fall.
• All OKPromise students are subject to meeting SAP regardless of whether they completed a FAFSA
• DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients are not currently considered eligible per
OSRHE General Counsel’s office.

• College GPA
• Applies to students graduating HS in 2012 and after
• 2.0 cumulative GPA – check at the end of the semester in which the student earns his 60 th credit hour
• If the student is below a 2.0, he will permanently lose the scholarship.
• Remember to notify us. Electronic spreadsheet available on the financial aid resources page.
(http://www.okhighered.org/adminfac/FinAidResources/okpromise.shtml)

Any OKPromise student with a cumulative GPA of less than 2.0 upon the completion of sixty (60) earned semester credit hours shall permanently lose eligibility. Please use this form to report the cumulative GPA at the end of the enrollment period during which the student completed their
60th earned semester credit hour.
Institution:
Name e.g. Polly Pocket e.g. Ken Beach
SSN
123456789 n/a
Date of Birth
(if no SSN)
10/15/1993
GPA
1.7
1.8
Semester exceeded
Fall 2013
Spring 2014

• College GPA
Example (2.0):
1. Mary graduated from high school in 2012 and attended college beginning in fall 2012. After her first year of college, Mary has 46 hours earned, including some concurrent enrollment hours taken during her senior year in high school. She enrolls in 15 hours in the fall 2013 semester. At the end of the fall semester Mary now has 61 hours earned (completed). When all postsecondary grades are included in a cumulative grade point average, Mary has a 1.89 GPA.
Because her GPA is below 2.0, Mary permanently loses eligibility for the Oklahoma’s Promise award.

• College GPA (Example 2.5 GPA)
2. George also graduated from high school in 2012. George’s cumulative grade point average at the end of the fall 2013 semester, in which he earns his 60th credit hour, is 2.3. George is eligible to continue receiving the Oklahoma’s Promise award, assuming he is in compliance with the institution’s satisfactory academic progress (SAP) policy. During spring 2014, George enrolls in 18 hours and then takes another 15 hours in fall
2014. George now has at least 90 hours earned and is subject to the cumulative GPA requirement of 2.5 for courses taken after the completion of 60 hours. George has a 2.4 GPA calculated on all the hours taken during the spring 2014 and fall 2014 semesters. George loses the award until his GPA on hours taken after the completion of 60 hours reaches or exceeds 2.5.

Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant
• FAFSA receipt cutoff date March 1, 2014.
(subject to change)
2013-2014 initial cutoff was March 20, 2013 and it was extended to April 7, 2013 for “spring only” awards.
•
Please let us know when you have personnel changes. Use the Authorized Institutional
Representative form.

Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant
• Students that are not eligible for Pell because they have received 6 years of full-time Pell assistance will not be eligible to receive OTAG.
• Appearance on a pre-populated claim form is not confirmation that a student is an Oklahoma resident.
• Highlighted students have an out-of-state address or parents are not be residents.
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
(DACA) does not affect OTAG eligibility.

Well Done!
•
We have the capability to generate useful reports and do important research for 2012-2013.
•
We are seeking your feedback before the 2013-2014 collection.

Bills Related to
Oklahoma’s Promise


10 bills initially introduced related to
Oklahoma’s Promise.
Only 1 bill remains alive – HB 3211 requiring OKPromise college students to enroll in at least 30 credit hours per year (more recent version allows exceptions).

29.1%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
23.8%
Oklahoma U.S.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey. 82% of national average.

Bachelor Degree Attainment by
Age 24, by Family Income, 2012
>$109k
80.0% 73.3%
$64-109k
60.0%
$34-64k
40.0%
<$34k 31.5%
17.4%
20.0%
8.3%
0.0%
Lowest
Quartile
2nd Quartile 3rd Quartile Top Quartile
Source: Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY, Number 256, October 2013, www.postsecondary.org.

OKPromise High School Enrollment
(By High School Graduation Year)
12,000
10,000
8,000 $50,000
7,187
7,753
8,179
$ 32,000
5,882
9,527 9,854
9,894
10,31510,253
10,639
9,998
9,600
6,000
4,000
2,000
$ 24,000
1,442
2,418
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
As of 12-18-13

70%
Estimated Percent of Oklahoma Families with Total Income Under $50,000
60%
50%
61% 60%
58% 58%
56%
54%
52%
48%
46%
48% 48%
46% 45%
40%
Source: US Census Bureau, 2000 Census, American Community Survey-2001-2012


$50,000 in year 2000 dollars equivalent to about $67,650 in year 2013 dollars*

$50,000 in 2013 equivalent to about
$37,000 in year 2000 dollars*
*based on national consumer price index; 35.3% rate of inflation from 2000 to 2013

High School Requirement
Completion Rates
$50,000
$32,000
67.2%
71.7% 70.3% 69.2% 69.4%
66.4% 66.7% 65.4% 65.7% 64.8% 64.5% 64.8%
As of 12-18-13

High School Students Completing
OKPromise Requirements
(by Grad Year)
8,000
$50,000
6,322
6,576 6,470
6,780 6,643 6,866
6,476
6,000
5,051
5,365
5,673
4,216
4,000
$32,000
2,000
$24,000
884
1,624
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
As of 1-2-14

College-Going Rates Compared to All Oklahoma HS Graduates
100%
81% 82% 82% 82% 81% 81% 82% 81% 80% 80%
75%
50% 58% 59% 58% 57% 58% 52% 51% 55% 53%
25%
0%
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
OKPromise Completers OK HS Grads

2012-13 Freshmen Scholarship Recipients*
Family Income (AGI) % of Recipients
$50,000 & Under
$50,001 - $74,999
81%
14%
$75,000 – $99,999
$100,000 & Over
5%
0%
*Source: FAFSA data on 100% of freshmen recipients

5,889
9,155
12,101
14,670
16,928
18,303
19,431 20,084 20,035 19,619
18,900 18,300
Actual Projected
As of 9-24-13

$70
$60
$50
$40
$30
$20
$10
$0
$10.4
(In $ millions, by fiscal year)
Projected
Actual
$50.9 $53.2
$57.2 $59.5
$60.7 $60.5 $61.0
$43.0
$33.8
$25.9
$17.8
As of 10-16-13

$2,847
$2,970
$3,095
$3,000
$2,000
$1,000
$0
$2,778
08-09
$2,736
09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13

$4,000
Average Annual Scholarship by Type of Institution
$3,826
$3,622
$3,728
$3,000
$2,943
$3,114
$3,325
$2,000
$1,304
$1,407 $1,473
$1,000
$0
10-11
Research U.
11-12
Regional U.
12-13
2-Yr Coll

Full-Time College Enrollment
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
89%
78%
90%
79%
90%
75%
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
OK-Promise Non-OKPromise
First-time entering students enrolled in 12 hours or more per fall or spring semester

Degree Completion Rates
(Degrees earned through 2012-13)
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
24.1%
17.4%
4-Yr
(2009 fresh)
43.0%
31.2%
48.5%
37.5%
53.0%
40.7%
54.3%
45.7%
56.7%
45.4%
5-Yr
(2008 fresh)
6-Yr
(2007 fresh)
OKPromise
7-Yr
(2006 fresh)
8-Yr
(2005 fresh)
9-Yr
(2004 fresh)
Non-OKPromise Students
57.6%
46.6%
10-Yr
(2003 fresh)

Employment of College Graduates in Oklahoma
(after 1 year, April 2010 – June 2011)
93%
92%
91%
90%
89%
88%
87%
89%
92%
All Grads OKPromise







HB 3211
House Speaker Jeff Hickman (R – Fairview &
Sen. Jim Halligan (R – Stillwater)
Enroll in 30 hours (not complete 30 hours; ?
– HB 2778)
Emphasizes time-to-degree (context of flatrate tuition initiatives)
Impact on degree completion rates?
Fiscal impact?
How and when would it be implemented?

Projections of Oklahoma High
School Graduates
41,650
40,000
30,000
20,000
37,300
10,000
-
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Sources: Ok. State Regents; OK SDE; USDE National Center for Education
Statistics; Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE).

Ethnicity of Oklahoma Students
By Years Until College Age
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
-
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Afr. Am.
Asian Am. Ind.
Hispanic White 2 or More Races
Source: Chronicle for Higher Education, January 19, 2014; US Census data.

Oklahoma City Public Schools
Hispanic Student Population
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
20% 22%
25% 27%
30%
33% 35%
37% 38%
40% 41%
44% 46%
10%
0%
Source: Office of Accountability, Profiles District Reports, 2000-2011, OKCPS Profile

HS Grad Yr 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Enrolled 26 72 67 73 63 79 85 74
Completed
Reqmnts
Percent
Completers
18 39 42 52 41 54 70 61
69% 54% 63% 71% 65% 68% 82% 82%

HS Grad Yr 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Enrolled 53 104 115 135 140 185 211 262
Completed
Reqmnts
Percent
Completers
31 60 71 82 84 99 128 165
58% 58% 62% 61% 60% 54% 61% 63%
Updated 9-10-12

Union Public Schools Students Eligible for
Free/Reduced Lunch
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
All Oklahoma Public Schools
48% 49% 49%
52% 53% 54%
55% 55% 55% 56%
59% 61%
62%
66%
54%
59%
62%
47%
16% 16% 18%
20%
26%
30%
33%
37%
40% 41%
Union School District
Source: Office of Accountability, Profiles District Reports, 2000-2012; OKSDE report

HS Grad Yr
Enrolled
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
48 93 111 133 164 206 216 169
Completed
Reqmnts.
30 28 45 59 66 92 83 74
Percent
Completers
63% 30% 41% 44% 40% 45% 38% 44%

Photo By Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman

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